Lady 'Canes split twinbill at Lander

Mar 27, 2010

The Georgia Southwestern softball team split a Saturday
afternoon doubleheader with Lander at Doug Spears Field in
Greenwood, S.C. GSW lost the first game, 1-0, before bouncing back
to win the nightcap, 3-1.

Katie Wooten’s three-run home run in the fourth inning was
the difference in the Game 2 victory.

Lander scored the game’s lone run in the fifth when
Rachelle Adkins singled to centerfield and pinch runner Natalie
Batson later scored on Brittney Sheriff’s sacrifice fly.

Mariko Nomura (5-16) suffered the loss for GSW, striking out
six, walking two and allowing one earned run on five hits in six
innings of work.

Lander’s Hayley Leissner and Shelbey Spencer combined for
the two-hit shutout. Leissner (10-3) earned the win as she struck
out five, walked two and allowed one hit in five innings. Spencer
struck out three, walked two and allowed one hit in two innings.

GAME 2: GSW 3, LANDER 1

Lander’s only extra-base hit of the game came in the first
inning and it drove in the Bearcats only run of the nightcap.

Lander (15-17, 3-7 PBC) held the one-run advantage until the
fourth. With two outs, Gabby Buck walked for Southwestern, Lyndi
Duff singled and Wooten proceeded to clear the bases with her third
home run of the season, a shot to left center.

That was all the cushion Lady ‘Canes starter Jessica
Martin (4-8) would need as she went the distance, scattered six
hits, struck out 10 and walked one.

Lander’s Spencer (3-9) took the loss, striking out eight,
walking two and allowing three earned runs on three hits in four
innings.

The Lady Hurricanes (15-28, 3-13) travel to Albany State on
Wednesday for a 1 p.m. doubleheader.